Generally it looks as before but more colorful, like the other new notes. The Federal Reserve estimates that about two thirds of $100 notes are held outside the US. All notes issued by the Federal Reserve since 1865 are legal tender in the US and its territories. Old notes can, of course, be worth more than their face value to collectors.

Incidentally, 'note' is the official term even though most people call them bills. Video

Operated by the Newmans Coach Lines, this Cadillac 353FF could seat 13 passengers. The bodywork was done by Crawley Ridley of Taranaki Street, Wellington who built many coach bodies for Newmans from the 1930s to the mid-1950s. For more, see our books.

This was a 8,251 grt cargo ship built in 1913 by Irvines in West Hartlepool, England, for the Nederlandsche-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Mij. N.V. (NASM, Holland-Amerika Line, HAL), of Rotterdam. She had a three-cylinder triple expansion engine and a stated speed of 13 knots. The ship was seized
at Baltimore by the United States Government on 20 March 1918
under the right of angary, which allowed a belligerent power to
use the property of a neutral nation subject to full indemnification, and was lost in a collision with the S.S.
San Jacinto in July 1918. Here she is seen from the Maasdam, another HAL ship. (painting commissioned and owned by the Holland America Line)

Monday, July 29, 2013

This was a private 1,600 mm (5 ft 3 in) broad gauge railway that opened between Deloraine and Launceston to ship agricultural products to port for markets in Victoria. It was taken over by the Government two years later and dual gauged for 3'6" (1067 mm) in 1876 and converted completely in the 1880s.

Unit 1512 was one of 12 H15-44's delivered to the CNJ in 1949, seen here at Communipaw, New Jersey with a passenger train in 1966. A total 35 of this road switcher were built. They had a 1,500-hp (1,100 kW) eight-cylinder opposed piston engine as the prime mover, and a Bo-Bo axle arrangement. The H-15-44 featured an offset cab design that
provided space for an optional steam generator in the short hood, making
the model versatile enough to work in passenger service as well as
freight duty.

Friday, July 26, 2013

We have commented before on the way TVNZ turns trivia in major news stories - although of course it's only one of many news organisations worldwide which does that - but here's another example from this evening from its website: "Number of quake injuries much higher than first thought" - a reference to the 6.5 magnitude Wellington earthquake on Sunday evening.

Wow - how many are we talking about? Hundreds? Nope, the reporter tells us the number has gone from 4 to 25. And some of these were from people who fell over! Others were from people who had objects hit them - but, one of the first reports was of somebody who had a TV set above him fall off the shelf and knock him out. Did the reporter miss something important here? Why didn't this person have that TV secured to the wall with a bracket like the Civil Defense authorities have been telling people to do for years ?

Is it not common sense in an earthquake zone to ensure heavy objects - such as water cylinders, bookcases, free standing cabinets etc - that can move from where they are, be secured to the wall behind them? It only needs an L bracket and a few screws.

On the one year since the demise of TVNZ 7 post (see earlier), the writer lamented the loss of an in-depth local news program and we concur completely. Sky subscribers have more choice - Sky News, CNN, BBC, Russia Today, Deutsche Welle, France 24, China TV News, even the notorious Fox News (which Sky has fittingly made channel 88 - code for Heil Hitler). But none of these cover local stories. One of the major losses that went with the Government's axing of TVNZ 7.

a painting of the Marama as a hospital ship depicted leaving Wellington off Sinclair Head by Frank Barnes in 1915

Marama was the second ship from NZ to be supplied as a hospital ship. A much larger vessel than the first vessel, the Maheno,
this was fitted with 600 beds and equipped in 23 days, the result of
hundreds of
workmen working night and day during that period. She sailed from
New Zealand on 5 December 1915 to Alexandria in Egypt to take wounded
veterans of the Gallipoli campaign to Southampton, England, and
continued in service for the rest of the war.

A poster issued in the year this twin engine performed its first scheduled commercial service between Northolt (London) and Copenhagen on 1 September 1946. Like the Dc-3 which it resembled it was a short range (2,740 km), low speed (338 km/h) non pressurized (ceiling 25,000ft/7,600 metres) plane for a small number of passengers (36) of which 163 were built until 1949.

Thursday, July 25, 2013

This standard gauge line was opened in 1874 and electrified in 1910 with a third rail. In 1923, wood bodied electric multiple units were placed in service. The sets had motors rated at 250 hp enabling speeds of 60-65 km/h. The third rail system lasted until 1989 when it was replaced by overhead catenary.Interestingly some of these pics also show trolley poles on the sets, perhaps because authorities were worried about people walking on the electrified rail in the termini.

As Titanic left Southampton 10 April 1912, the suction and wave action of her propellers and huge bulk tore New York loose from her mooring in tandem with Oceanic at Berth 38. The tug Vulcan quickly tied up to New York and along with the Hercules, kept her in check until Titanic had passed.

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All at Sea: stories of New Zealand seafarers

Narratives from interviews conducted over several years with 16 merchant navy sailors - 14 men and 2 women - who recounted their stories from the last full fledged sailing ship, the Pamir being returned to her home country of Finland after WWII to recent stories on today's inter-island ferries and coastal vessels, as well as international cargo and passenger ships which sailed to various parts of the globe. A full range of occupations are covered from Deck Boy, Engineer, Steward to Master as well as harbour pilots, union leaders and shipping company executives.

NZR Memorabilia

A fabulous new book containing many colourful illustrations of old postcards, pamphlets, posters, and a wide range of objects that have been used by the NZR and its personnel from the 1860s to the present time. Together they tell in visual form the importance of NZR to NZ and its people over the past 150 years and provides a useful reference for collectors.

Voyage to Gallipoli

Details of the troopships to the Gallipoli campaign of WW1 and more WW1 naval history.